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The search for missing airman Corrie McKeague at a Cambridgeshire landfill has been extended after waste linked to the date and location he was last seen was found.

Search teams at the Milton landfill have now found items outside the original area where they had been looking, with correct dates from around the time Corrie went missing and also from Bury St Edmunds. He was last seen on a night out in the town on September 24.

More than 3,500 tonnes of waste have been searched through over the past 10 and a half weeks, but specialist search trained officers from both Suffolk and Norfolk police have found no trace of the 23-year-old.

Corrie McKeague has been missing since September 24

Police said last week that the search will be extended for another week, after deciding to move the search to the entrance of the cell area where they have been searching for the airman.

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But the new breakthrough will see the search continue for at least another three weeks.

A police spokeswoman said: "As this type of search is so unusual, it was not known how the waste would have moved and as the work has progressed officers have gained a greater understanding of both how the waste is deposited and spread out, and the nature and construction of the site.

"Officers continue to take all of this into account as the search continues.

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"The work is under constant review and now, in week 11, in view of the dates on items still being found and advice from officers on the ground and the site team, it is likely the search will continue for at least three further weeks to ensure that the area holding waste from the relevant period is comprehensively examined."

Corrie has been missing since September 24 after a night out in Bury St Edmunds. The 23-year-old disappeared after walking into a refuse area behind a Greggs.

Police believe that Corrie may have been taken from the refuse area in a bin lorry to a landfill site in Milton, after the Biffa bin weight was found to be heavy enough to have contained Corrie's body.